THE number of dogs, cats and horses rescued by an animal welfare charity this year has increased significantly compared with the same period last year.

A DELIGHTFUL sight in the Irish countryside, seen rarely enough these days, is that of a hare bounding along ears up at great speed, especially after being surprised by human, or canine, presence.

Remains of a 410-year-old fort have been discovered on the banks of the River Foyle.

Thousands of tonnes of waste illegally dumped in rural Co Fermanagh will be returned to the Republic tomorrow.

A dig by police in a wildlife sanctuary close to a west Belfast cemetery, launched amid concerns that human remains were buried there, was called off today.

Halting Belfast’s Big Wheel would be a disaster for the city, it was claimed tonight.

Over 200 rivers in the North are officially classified as ’polluted’ it was revealed today.

The North’s potential to produce green energy from offshore wind and tidal power took an important step forward today.

An invasion of deadly jellyfish could stretch for hundreds of miles around the Irish coast, an expert said tonight.

An investigation was launched tonight after pollution caused the deaths of a large number of fish on a Northern Ireland waterway.